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* {{p|Krokorok}} ([[Sunglasses Krokorok|sunglasses]]) | * {{p|Krokorok}} ([[Sunglasses Krokorok|sunglasses]]) | ||
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* {{an|Giovanni}} claims the Meteonite from [[Relic Castle]] and takes it back to [[Castelia City]]. | |||
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet with [[Looker]] in the [[Desert Resort]] and discover Team Rocket's plans. | |||
* [[Team Plasma]] appears to steal the Meteonite from Team Rocket.{{tt|*|These events were not shown in the dub and were later retconned out of canon.}}. | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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ロケット団ＶＳプラズマ団！（前編）
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(Japanese: ロケット団ＶＳプラズマ団！（前編） Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan! (Part 1)) was intended to be the 23rd episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 680th episode of the Pokémon anime.
This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on March 17, 2011, but was postponed, along with the original BW024, indefinitely because of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. As of Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, its events have been removed from continuity. As of March 2016, TVTokyo's official statement is still that it will someday air, but only once an airdate that does not interrupt the schedule of the XY series has been selected.
Plot
Giovanni arrives in Unova to oversee the collection of the Meteonite from the Relic Castle. Meanwhile, Ash, Iris and Cilan travel to the Desert Resort with Professor Juniper and Officer Jenny to investigate why a swarm of Venipede attacked Castelia City in the previous episode. However, their helicopter is shot down, and they encounter three members of a mysterious organization.
After collecting the Meteonite, Giovanni and the rest of Team Rocket return to Castelia City for a masquerade party to celebrate their success. Looker appears, picks up Ash's group and helps them infiltrate the party, at which Giovanni is set to give a speech to the members of Team Rocket.
Major events
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Iris
- Cilan
- Jessie
- James
- Giovanni
- Pierce
- Dr. Zager
- Team Rocket Grunts
- Team Plasma Grunts
- Officer Jenny
- Looker
- Professor Juniper
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Axew (Iris's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Liepard (Team Plasma's)
- Krokorok (sunglasses)
Major events
- Giovanni claims the Meteonite from Relic Castle and takes it back to Castelia City.
- Ash and his friends meet with Looker in the Desert Resort and discover Team Rocket's plans.
- Team Plasma appears to steal the Meteonite from Team Rocket.*.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Trivia
- This and the next episode are the only Best Wishes series episodes that were skipped.
- Unlike the only other skipped episode in Japan, this two-parter was supposed to be important to the overall storyline instead of being a stand-alone episode.
- Despite the episode being pulled from the air, the preview for it remains attached to the previous episode during reruns in Japan.
- Aditionally, while the first edition of the Japanese rental DVD with this episode on it replaced the preview for one of the episode that actually followed, the original preview for the skipped episode was reinstated in subsequent printings.
- Had this episode aired in time, it would have marked the anime debuts of Team Plasma and Liepard and the return of Looker.
- Due to Team Plasma's debut being delayed, the Plasma Grunts were never actually shown in their original outfits in the anime, which they were supposed to wear in this episode. When they eventually debuted in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, they were seen using their new outfits.
- In BW030, Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster showed a brief scene from this episode which revealed the Sunglasses Krokorok was to have appeared.
- Scenes highly resembling the scenes seen in this two-parted episode's previews were later used in Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! during Team Rocket's "Operation Tempest".
- In addition, an updated design of the Meteonite's chamber in the Relic Castle is used as the Golden Dark Stone's chamber in Explorers of the Hero's Ruin! and as the Light Stone's chamber in Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!.
Original
Original
Original
Operation Tempest
Operation Tempest
Operation Tempest
Dub edits
- According to Tom Wayland, this episode and the next one were sent to The Pokémon Company International, but the dubbing was not completed before the episodes were delayed.[1]
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